Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 33
of aheavy thundeivstorm to such atorrent, brownand turbid withearth torn fromthe mountain-side, and sweep-ing resistlesslyalong in itscareer a showerof stones androck-fragments.That whichhappens thus occasionally with many streams is moreor less the work all the year round of many more. As the… … A Mountain Torrent. What the Earths Crust Is Made of H waters. Presently the widening stream, flowing yetmore calmly, drops upon its bed all such coarser gravelas is not worn away to fine earth, but still bears on theHghter grains of sand. Next the slackening speedmakes even the sand too heavy a…
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